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Salisbury, Wiltshire [5]

Dawlish, Devon [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

London England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Lympstone, Devon [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Tring, Hertfordshire [2]

Amberley, Sussex [1]

Amberley,Sussex [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Ash, Canterbury, Kent [1]

Ashburton, Devon [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Babcary, Somerset [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bexley Heath, London [1]

Bideford, Devon [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brockley, London [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Cowwarr Victoria [1]

Denton, Manchester [1]

Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dorset [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Farnham, Hampshire [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Gippsland Victoria [1]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Grundisburgh, Woodbridge, Suffolk [1]

Hackney [1]

Haggerston, London, Middlesex [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Haughley, Suffolk [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Heston, Middlesex [1]

Hurstville New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [286]

Gunner [40]

Driver [32]

Serjeant [30]

Corporal [29]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Sapper [22]

Lance Corporal [14]

Acting Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [9]

Captain [7]

Acting Captain [3]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Pioneer [2]

Worker [2]

ALIAS Serjeant [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner/Signaller [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander Engineer [1]

Musician [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Farrier Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Saddler [1]

Rifleman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [48]

Royal Engineers [40]

Labour Corps [38]

Army Service Corps [34]

London Regiment [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

Royal Sussex Regiment [19]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Suffolk Regiment [15]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Hertfordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Irish Rifles [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Service

British Army [492]

Royal Navy [69]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [51]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

B [687]

Contribution

Military Service [670]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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Place of birth

Salisbury, Wiltshire [5] Dawlish, Devon [4] London, Middlesex [4] London England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Lympstone, Devon [2] Paddington, London [2] Tring, Hertfordshire [2] Amberley, Sussex [1] Amberley,Sussex [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Ash, Canterbury, Kent [1] Ashburton, Devon [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Babcary, Somerset [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bexley Heath, London [1] Bideford, Devon [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brockley, London [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Cowwarr Victoria [1] Denton, Manchester [1] Devon [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dorset [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Farnham, Hampshire [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Gippsland Victoria [1] Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1] Grundisburgh, Woodbridge, Suffolk [1] Hackney [1] Haggerston, London, Middlesex [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Haughley, Suffolk [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Heston, Middlesex [1] Hurstville New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [286] Gunner [40] Driver [32] Serjeant [30] Corporal [29] Second Lieutenant [23] Sapper [22] Lance Corporal [14] Acting Corporal [12] Lieutenant [9] Captain [7] Acting Captain [3] Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Pioneer [2] Worker [2] ALIAS Serjeant [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner/Signaller [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander Engineer [1] Musician [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Farrier Serjeant [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Saddler [1] Rifleman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [48] Royal Engineers [40] Labour Corps [38] Army Service Corps [34] London Regiment [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Fusiliers [19] Royal Sussex Regiment [19] Middlesex Regiment [17] Suffolk Regiment [15] The Queen's Regiment [15] Hampshire Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Rifle Brigade [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Hertfordshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Royal Irish Rifles [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Military Foot Police [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Tank Corps [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Service

British Army [492] Royal Navy [69] Canadian Expeditionary Force [51] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Australian Imperial Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

B [687]

Contribution

Military Service [670] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Thomas Burch

Born 1884

Died 1951

British Army S4/094568 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 42838 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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George Henry Burch

Died 1916

British Army 5470 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372740 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Burch

Born 1886

Died 1941

British Army 9912 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Burch

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219535

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Preston Samuel Burch

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193913

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Dennis Burch

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89890

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Albert E Burch

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 155246 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George William Burch

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16848

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Nathaniel Francis Burch

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42503

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Albert Edward Burch

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39997

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Charles Edward Burch

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186186

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Robert Charles Burch

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115632

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Charles Frederick Burch

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 132620 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arnold Edward Burch

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229224

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Albert Walter Burch

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283771

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John William Burch

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267556

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George Oakley Burch

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50372

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Christian Ernest Burch

Born 1897

Died 1988

Royal Navy M19316

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William Frederick Burch

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy K1443

Royal Navy K.1443. (Po.) Leading Stoker HMS Queen Mary

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Horace James Burch

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230400

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